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  2. US FTC finalizes ban on companies buying and selling fake ...

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    By Jody Godoy. (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday finalized a ban on companies knowingly buying or selling fake online reviews, giving the agency the power to levy fines ...

  3. Advance-fee scam - Wikipedia

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    Advance-fee scam. An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [ 1][ 2] If a victim makes the ...

  4. G2A - Wikipedia

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    Users. 30 million (as of 2024) G2A.COM Limited (commonly referred to as G2A) is a digital marketplace headquartered in the Netherlands, [ 1][ 2] with offices in Poland and Hong Kong. [ 3][ 4] The site operates in the resale of gaming offers and others digital items by the use of redemption keys. G2A.COM’s main offerings are game key codes for ...

  5. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure ...

  6. The IRS is going after scammy firms pushing a small business ...

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    The ERC scam. The ERC is a legitimate tax credit established to help businesses with the cost of keeping staff employed during the pandemic, enacted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic ...

  7. Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal - Wikipedia

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    The two pieces of copy-protection software at issue in the 2005–2007 scandal were included on over 22 million CDs [ 7] marketed by Sony BMG, the record company formed by the 2004 merger of Sony and BMG's recorded music divisions. About two million of those CDs, [ 7] spanning 52 titles, contained First 4 Internet (F4I)'s Extended Copy ...

  8. Stuffed or real? Photos show groundhog stuck inside ... - AOL

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    Employees with The Meadows Family Fun Mini Golf in the borough of Duncansville were startled by "an unusual “prize inside one of their claw machine games when they discovered a groundhog inside ...

  9. Linux - Wikipedia

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    One common business model of commercial suppliers is charging for support, especially for business users. A number of companies also offer a specialized business version of their distribution, which adds proprietary support packages and tools to administer higher numbers of installations or to simplify administrative tasks.